Today's ruling by a federal judge that Google is engaging in an illegal search engine monopoly reminds me of a quote from HBO's The Wire.
It's during that iconic scene from the show's first season, when D’Angelo teaches Bodie and Wallace how to play chess. As he's explaining what all the pieces do, how they move, and why, there's a point when D'Angelo shares an important insight about one particular kind of piece: "See, the king stay the king." In other words, he's saying that everything...